Narrator
Joyce's father told and retold the story of Buckley, the Irish conscript
in theCrimean
War . . .

Shaun[dramatically] Along about the first equinarx in the cholonder, the
most moonfuldate
man aver held dinsdzey death with, when we sight the beasts . . . . .
[347.2-8]

Narrator
: . . .Buckley peered through his gunsights, spied a Russian General, and
was fastmarking
his lord for cremation . . .[350.14-15]

Shaun[dramatically] through the iconoscope steadily a still figure of a
fellow chap in thewohly
ghast, the jesuneral of the russuates, exhibiting the seals of his orders:[349.19-21]

Russian General[pompously] The starre of the Son of Heaven, the girtel of Izodella
the Calottica,the
cross of Michelides Apaleogos, the latchet of Jan of Nepomuk, the puffpuffand pompom of
Powther and Pall, the great band and bucklings of Martyrology ofGorman.
[349.22-25]

Narrator[with awe] But Buckley could not bring himself to shoot his
CumbulentEmbulence,
the frustrate fourstar Russkakruscam. [352.32-33] [with resolve]
Butthen,
unlist he was getting foegutfulls of the rugiments of savalige wildfire[350.35-36],
remembering his duty, he raised his rifle again and saw through hisgunsights . . .

Shaun[sadly] I confesses withould pridejealice when I looked upon the
Saur of all theHaurousians
with the weight of his arge fullin upon him form the travaillings ofhis tommuck, there
was fear on me for him, it was heavy he was for me, I adn'tthe
arts to. [344.32-345.3]

HCE[incredulous] Grot Zot! You hidn't the hurts? [345.8] And the name
of the MostMarsiful,
the Aweghost, the Gragious One! Notshoot? [353.2-5]

Shaun[sadly] My bill it forsooks allegiance (gut bull it!) and, no lie
is this, I waswavering.[344.27-28]
But then he deared me to it and he dared me do it, andbedattle
I didaredonit as Cocksnark of Killtork can tell! [slowly, explaining]
Forwhen
meseemim beheaving up that sod of turf for to clean himself, for to wipehimself off -
[vehemently] Deo Jupto! At that instullt to Ireland! I gave onedobblenotch
and I ups with my crozzier. [353.10-20] [lights off, strobe lightflashing]
Dtin, dtin, dtin, dtin! [350.9]

HCE[triumphantly] The abnihilisation of the etym! [353.22]

[back to
lights]

Humpty
[gravely] There will be a hen collection of him after avensung on the
field ofHanar.
[350.8]

[lights off]

Tristan
Bothallchoractorschumminaroundgansumuminarumdru-
mstrumtruminahumptadumpwaultopoofoolooderamaunsturnup! [314.8-9] [accompanied
by the sound ofthunder
as before, fading to the sound of the song Finnegan's Wake and party;lights on.]